Hello everyone.  It is time for another Stamp Off Challenge with Buffy, Jackie and me.  Jackie gave us an “inspiration challenge”.  She supplied this photograph to use as our inspiration.

I had to think about this one for a bit.  Did I want to use the snowman as inspiration or the Christmas tree?  I decided against both of those ideas and went with the season and the colors instead.  I see some reds, greens and browns so I went with Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green and Crumb Cake. Of course, it helped when I saw the Plaid Tidings Designer Series Paper had these colors in it!

As I said, I started with the Plaid Tidings Designer Series Paper.  I cut out two wreaths from the Wreath Builder Dies using Garden Green cardstock and arrange them on top of the Designer Series Paper.  These dies are in the 2020-2021 Stampin’ Up!® Annual Catalog.  They have a coordinating stamp set called Arrange A Wreath and you can save 10% by purchasing them in a bundle.  Then I cut the little flowers out which are also part of the Wreath Dies in Cherry Cobbler cardstock and layered them on top of the wreath.  The flowers have a little hole in the middle so I added the Elegant Faceted Gems on them.

Now to the sentiment.  I wanted to use the Merry Christmas stamp that comes with the Poinsettia Petals stamp set.  This set is in the 2020 Holiday Catalog.  I opened the stamp case to use and and the stamp was gone.  It has vanished.  I looked everywhere for this stamp and it was no where to be found.  The only thing I can think of is I left it at the cottage in New York.  Well, do you think I have another Merry Christmas stamp that is all on one line?  Nope.  Nothing.  Nada.  So, I resorted to use a stamp from a retired set called Four The Holidays.  Now my big decision is do I buy the stamp set again or live without it?

In any case, I stamped the sentiment in Versamark and then embossed it using White Embossing Powder on Cherry Cobbler cardstock.  Then I cut it out using the Stitched Rectangle Dies.  I added a strip of Garden Green cardstock behind it to make it stand out a bit.

Now, let’s go see what Jackie and Buffy made.  Do you think they used the snowman or the tree?  Are they a rebel who did something totally different like me?  Let’s go check it out! 

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